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One effect of #Qatar’s extreme political censorship at the #WorldCup is that human rights gestures have been reduced to single issue ones. Count Team #Iran’s anthem silence or Germany’s “don’t say gay.” So, special props to the inclusivity of that protest on the pitch yesterday.

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29 Nov 1597429668780847104

Viral Load Man.

Morten Morland@mortenmorland

Illustration for VG on Sunday https://www.vg.no/nyheter/meninger/i/zElMpv/coronaprotestene-kina-ikke-kan-skjule

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28 Nov 1597342716261990402

Almost feels like we're seeing replay of the Hong Kong uprising. That too was youth-driven, ultra visual, ultra tactical & drove Beijing mad w the constant attention. Blank = censorship is perfect. And subordination of officer here is stunning. 📷 @SiuTyrone @reuterspictures

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Can't remember seeing such a (non-) visual action like this. Anti-lockdown protesters in China brandish blank signs in a uniform statement of contempt. https://twitter.com/eefjerammeloo/status/1596561813692219393

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@CNN Am I the only one seeing an avocado here?

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28 Nov 1597033216384593921

Can't remember seeing such a (non-) visual action like this. Anti-lockdown protesters in China brandish blank signs in a uniform statement of contempt.

Eva Rammeloo@eefjerammeloo

This is now on Wulumuqi (=Urumqi) lu in #Shanghai. People holding up white sheets of paper. ‘We don’t need to write anything on it. It is a symbol of the revolution of the people’, someone says. (Don’t manage to send videos.)

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